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DWELLING STRUCTURE

According to the 2006 Census of Population and Housing, on 8 August 2006, there were 189,100 occupied private dwellings in Tasmania. Of these, 86.2% were separate houses, 8.6% were flats, units or apartments and 4.2% were semi-detached row or terrace houses, townhouses etc.

Of the total dwellings, 48.5% were in the Greater Hobart-Southern region, 30.4% in the Northern Region, and 21.2% in the Mersey-Lyell Region. As might be expected, this corresponded broadly with the resident population in 2006, of which 49.3% were in Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 28.3% in the Northern Region and 22.4% in Mersey-Lyell.

DWELLING STRUCTURE, Occupied private dwellings, Tasmania 2006

NUMBER OF BEDROOMS IN OCCUPIED PRIVATE DWELLINGS

On Census night 2006, of the total occupied private dwellings in Tasmania, 19.4% had four or more bedrooms, 51.0% had three bedrooms, 19.8% had two bedrooms and 4.7% had one bedroom.

NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, Occupied private dwellings,Tasmania 2006

NEW DWELLING UNIT APPROVALS

In 2008-09, there were 3,167 new dwelling units approved in Tasmania, an increase of 9.8% on 2007-08 new dwelling approvals of 2,884.

NUMBER OF NEW DWELLING UNITS APPROVED

DWELLING UNITS APPROVED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

In 2008-09, the local government area of Clarence recorded the highest number of new residential building approvals for Tasmania, (363 or 11.5% of the Tasmanian total) followed by Kingborough (319), and Brighton (237) which represented 10.1% and 7.5% respectively of the Tasmanian total.

DWELLING UNIT APPROVALS, top 10 contributors to the State totalby Local Government Area, Tasmania, 2008-09

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